In his 1981 encyclical Laborem Exercens, Pope St. John Paul II wrote that “work is a fundamental dimension of our life on earth.” Working with the land, running a farm, and manual labor in general can bring us closer to God. That’s
On a recent Sunday, Brother Joseph Holthaus posted a photo of a child on a trash heap. He captioned it with a prayer for “those who dig through garbage dumps in search of recyclables and food.” The prayer intention was that caring
“Meta” is a term we hear a lot these days, in many contexts. From the Greek for “beyond,” it often refers to an expanding of horizons, taking something that already exists to new and possibly previously-unconceived-of places. The so-called “metaverse” is a
Since the early 1900s, Carmelites in Milwaukee have been serving the community. For many years, that looked like a residential treatment center for adjudicated boys. But when that closed in 2017, the sisters turned to the community to see what other needs
In recent years, the Sisters of Life have led Holy Hours called “The Source.” The sisters welcome Catholics and non-Catholics alike to be with Jesus in the Holy Eucharist, whom they recognize as “the source and summit of our faith,” during their
Last year the Sisters of St. Basil the Great, Jesus Lover of Humanity Province in Pennsylvania shipped a cargo container to sisters in Ukraine after the Russian invasion. It was filled with medical supplies, toiletries and clothes donated by churches, community groups,
The church in Ireland is launching a Year for Vocations as it grapples with a steep decline in seminary numbers and with aging priests.
Focused on diocesan priesthood, the Year for Vocations opens April 30, on the 60th anniversary of St. Paul VI’s
Divine intervention may be the only explanation for how two college teammates graduated, ventured off on different career paths miles apart and then, 40 years later, ended up on the same journey in Miami, both wearing habits. “I think we met at
A new study cites trusted relationships with parish priests as a deciding factor in cultivating vocations and reducing the priest-to-parishioner ratio as essential for making such encounters possible.
The 2023 "State of Priestly Vocations in the United States" by Texas-based Vocation Ministry concludes
In the past several years, an increasing number of Providence College graduates have pursued a vocation with the Dominican order that runs the Rhode Island university.
"During the five years I was in Providence, we had at least one student enter the novitiate